Peru Travel Blogs - Page 11

Fundada por rancisco Pizarro el 18 de enero de 1535, como la Ciudad de los Reyes, fue la capital del Virreinato del Perú, un área política que comprendía la mayoría de las posesiones españolas en América del Sur. Está ubicada en la parte central de la costa del Perú, a orillas del Océano …

well, after almost 2 busy weeks I was back in Lima. We arrived on time. The flight was good and the service was good too. I was happy, because it wouldn't take me so long going home, but... Customs's lines were long!!! It took me almost 1 hour being ready. Well, in the meanwhile I met a nice guy, w…

after my beautifull week end at the north carolina woth my bros paca i decided to take my vacation and going to peru to see the wonderfull civilisation inca!!!!!!but at the same time in the site one girl pop me in my personnal message and ask to me wow u going to peru do u want meet me there !!!!!!…

I translated my newsarticle about the Dutch prisoners i've met in Peru.The article is from the biggest newspaper of the Netherlands so it's in Dutch but here's the translation: Foundation Overijsselse Jasper helps Dutch drugsprisoners.Prisonhorror in Peru by Johan van den Dongen. "It's the living…

Well this is funny, I though I had save all I had written, but anyway, lets start again.... 2 years and 1 month again, the fountain park "el magico parque de agua" openned the doors as a public park. Yeah I took me more then 2 years get the desition and go there. Thank´s to a speciall TB !!!! It…

We left La Paz with the intention of going to Puno, Peru, a small town on Lake Titicaca. We just wanted to go for the day and relax in a small town and check out the highest lake in the world. However, when we arrived, some guy told us that the next day, all the transportation in Peru would be shut…

I arrived in Cusco from Puno around 3:00 am, so had to catch a taxi to a hostal. There was a very nice gentleman who recommended the Hospedaje Inka at a great price. I was so exhausted from the 7 hour bus ride (with NO stops along the way for us to eat or leave the bus) that I was happy to try it o…

Punta æ#39;alve i spent 2 weeks here with people adventist church and i did voluntary for helping childrens on the streets and we went for camping in this place beautifull its only 2 hours away from Lima..i woke up everyday 6am morning and sleep at 8pm and sometimes we make a fire on the sand with…

Lunahuana is a 2 hours from Lima,u can find a lot of adventures and is alow to camp in some places. U can do "canotaje" in Canete´s river and a lot of tours around the city. The food is amazing! and of the PISCO too!U can visit the place where this is made and of course try it! Lunahuaná have a lot of culture and historic places,like INCAHUASI(Inca´s house)made by the Incas in the Lunahuana valley. The landscapes are really great! (hope my english was good enough to understand).

Finally the night has come to meet Travbuddy Romain a French living in Miraflores sounds like a thrilling life :) we have been talking online for quite a while now. The day before I called Romain to ask where we should get together, he said "At Tayta at 7:00 in Larcomar" I was actually excited abou…

On this trip I spent some time in Cusco then heading up to Macchu Picchu.

"An unbelievable piece of work, a modern masterpiece" - Rav Singh, News of The World * "A rollercoaster of emotion" - Jeremy Paxman, Newsnight * "Shocking" - Keeley Goding, first lady of Hiscox * "What a twat" - Stuart Sheldrick, Accountant of the Year 2007 * "Can you make sure you phone me every week" - Mum

Cuzco - Machupichu Inca Trail! Peru/2009.

We stayed a night at Copacabana relaxing, and the next day jumped on a 10 hour bus ride to Cuzco, Peru to meet up with Madolyn and Matthew. To say that we miss the trains of Europe would be a gross understatement, although the mistique of overlsold buses is adorable nonetheless. In t…

I flew pretty much all day from Vancouver to Lima. I got up at 5am for my 730 flight to Houston.  It was a pretty painless flight, only about 4 1/2hrs. I had to hangout in the airport in Houston, which is named after George Bush Sr. and it fit idea of what you have of Houston's airport. Lots o…